the greatest cover-up in human history. i think the chinese communist party very concerned about this report coming out telling the truth. fact of the matter is they were playing with fire, they were genetically manipulating at the lab this gain of function that was taking place. >> dana: rich edson live at the state department with more on this. >> good morning. china's government has responded to that report calling it concocted lies and distorted facts. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said what the relevant u.s. congressmen have done smears and slanders china in pursuit of political gains. we express categorical opposition to and strong condemnation of such despicable acts with no moral bottom line. house foreign affairs committee republicans released the most comprehensive case yet that the pandemic began in the wuhan research lab building their case on circumstantial evidence